The Bay Area will be well represented in this weekend’s WNBA All-Star events including the 3-point contest, skills challenge and the game itself.

Walnut Creek-native Sabrina Ionescu is among the five players in the shooting contest Friday night. Caitlin Clark, the captain of one All-Star team, announced Thursday that she will miss the 3-point contest and the game itself after aggravating a groin injury this week.

Ionescu set the all-time single-round record for WNBA and NBA 3-point contests with a score of 37 points at the 2023 WNBA All-Star Game. The New York Liberty star was also named a starter on Team Clark against the Seattle Storm’s Nneka Ogwumike, a former Stanford standout and a starter on Team Collier (captained by Lynx star Napheesa Collier).

Team Clark also has two Bay Area faves as reserves: Former Stanford Cardinal Kiki Iriafen with the Washington Mystics and Golden State Valkyries forward Kayla Thornton.

Here’s how you can watch:

3-point contest and skills challenge

Date: Friday, July 18, 5 p.m. PTWhere: Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, INBroadcast: ESPN

3-point contest participants

Sonia Citron, Washington MysticsAllisha Gray, Atlanta Dream (last year’s winner)Lexie Hull, Indiana Fever (replaces Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever)Sabrina Ionescu, New York LibertyKelsey Plum, Los Angeles Sparks

Skills challenge participants:

Natasha Cloud, New York LibertySkylar Diggins, Seattle StormAllisha Gray, Atlanta Dream (last year’s winner)Erica Wheeler, Seattle StormCourtney Williams, Minnesota Lynx

WNBA All-Star game

Date: Saturday, July 19, 5:30 p.m. PTWhere: Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, INBroadcast: ABCStream: Disney+, ESPN+

Rosters:

Team Clark

Starters

Aliyah Boston, Indiana FeverSabrina Ionescu, New York LibertyBrionna Jones, Atlanta Dream (replaces Satou Sabally, Phoenix Mercury)Brittney Sykes, Washington Mystics (replaces Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever)A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces

Reserves

Sonia Citron, Washington MysticsKiki Iriafen, Washington MysticsKelsey Mitchell, Indiana FeverKayla Thornton, Golden State ValkyriesGabby Williams, Seattle StormJackie Young, Las Vegas Aces

Team Collier

Starters

|Paige Bueckers, Dallas WingsNapheesa Collier, Minnesota LynxAllisha Gray, Atlanta DreamNneka Ogwumike, Seattle StormBreanna Stewart, New York Liberty

Reserves

Skylar Diggins, Seattle StormKayla McBride, Minnesota Lynx (replaces Rhyne Howard, Atlanta Dream)Kelsey Plum, Los Angeles SparksAngel Reese, Chicago SkyAlyssa Thomas, Phoenix MercuryCourtney Williams, Minnesota Lynx

Originally Published: July 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM PDT